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Working on small project and currently at the final hurdle of the circuit board design which is audio. I'm using the RPI Compute Module 3 which is housed on a custom board I'm creating.

What I want to achieve it to convert the stereo channels PWM0 & PWM1 on GPIO pins 40 & 45 on the CM3 into mono using an differential op amp circuit and then play this audio through 3.5mm jack if a plug is in the socket else it will reroute the signal to speaker. I managed to bash out a basic design using information from the RPI forums and my electronics buddy who I get to talk to roughly once or twice a week (see below). However I'm not exactly clued up on the final design. As when questioning people I found out the amp op I was using only outputted 10MA which wasn't enough to power the 3.5mm jack or speaker and was reccomended I try adding a power amp or going with a power op amp circuit.

Wondering if anyone could provide their input on what would be the best approach to take, how I can improve the design and even the values of parts that would be required i.e. 10kohm 0.001uf etc.The audio itself that want is that of what you would find in say a mp3 player or an radio with as minimal sound as possible.

The amp you suggest is not powerful enough to drive speakers. The amp below is designed for your voltage range ofhandheld tablets and cells etc. There is a whole family of these types of amps in the market place. This amp sells for$1.12 Can so very reasonable. Scroll threw the full data sheet and you will usually find an sch diagram with res andcaps etc. to get you started. It is very important however you note: ---neither terminal of the speaker is connected tognd. This type of drive circuit is becoming more and more popular. Main reason is the low voltage on the supply railsdoes not allow for a high enough voltage to be produced across the spkr. So 2 smaller amps one driving eachspeaker leg produces 2 times the power to the spkr using a much lower voltage. BUT, both spkr leeds are conn'd backonly to the amps pins and never touch ground. There are of coarse other amps which do use ground as the speakers return leg. (TDA2030 and it's family) But they usually require higher voltages and as their power raiting goes up so does their demand for greater amounts of powerfrom battery or whatever power supply is being used.. Have a look around and get a feel for it all.

The only way you can have a power amp and have some decent output voltage is to get a class d power amp that operates on 5v. I don't think

You can get about 8-10v pk-pk swing by making a low dropout bridged amp that runs on 5v. Connecting one side of speaker to 2.5v and 2.5v of a equivlant amp but the output is inverted. Effectly 0v accross the speaker and can get 8-10v pk-pk. I don't think there are any schematics online like this.

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